Loiter

(verb.) be about; 'The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square'; 'Who is this man that is hanging around the department?'.

编辑:波西亚

• He knew we could not get along without him and that we would not want to loiter about and wait for him. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Now, when we come to St Paul's churchyard,' pursued Eugene, 'we'll loiter artfully, and I'll show you the schoolmaster. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The weather being dark, and piercing cold, he had no great temptation to loiter. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• But don't loiter, boy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Mind you do it thoroughly, and don't loiter. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I had heard them, alone at the bedside, striking their boots with their riding-whips, and loitering up and down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Much relieved when the two hours were at last accomplished, he went away at a quick pace, as a recompense for so much loitering. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Why have you been loitering so, Sam? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Did you ask her whether in leaving she met any one or saw any one loitering about Charles Street? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• They were loitering somewhere, talking about him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• We loitered down to the Temple stairs, and stood loitering there, as if we were not quite decided to go upon the water at all. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• This,' said the man: 'I saw three boys: two others and the prisoner here: loitering on the opposite side of the way, when this gentleman was reading. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• We loitered through dungeon after dungeon, away down into the living rock below the level of the sea, it seemed. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We loitered down to the Temple stairs, and stood loitering there, as if we were not quite decided to go upon the water at all. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Having put the Collector into the hands of his servant, Dobbin loitered about, smoking his cigar before the inn door. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Several men in civilian metal loitered near the front entrance and in the rear were others. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• We loitered the morning away in the garden. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• A few people loitered about, but the greater part of the population was within doors. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Tom was in attendance, and loitered about until the expected train came in. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• By the scallop-shell of Compostella, I will make a martyr of him, if he loiters here to hatch treason among my domestics! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Usually it loiters; but just when one has come to count upon its slowness, it may suddenly break into a wild irrational gallop. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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